Multinationals and Economic Geography
Subtitle: Location, Technology and Innovation
Publisher: Elgar Publishing Limited, Edward
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9781781954782
Subjects: International business enterprises; Technological innovations
Description: After more than fifty years of systematic research on multinational enterprises (MNEs) what is apparent is that there is, as yet, no unified or dominant theory of the MNE. The objective of this book is to bring into focus one particular dimension of MNE behaviour and activity that has been relatively under-researched - namely the geography of the multinational enterprise - as understood through the lens of innovation and technological change. The authors clearly demonstrate that geography is becoming increasingly important for MNEs and, in turn, MNEs are becoming progressively more important f.